LEGAL & LEGISLATIONWyoming: Critical Pro-Gun Legislation Needs Your Help!
House Bill 114, legislation that would eliminate specific “gun free zones” in Wyoming, has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. HB 114 is critical to protecting your Second Amendment rights, and would respect the right of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders to lawfully carry in any meeting of a government entity, any public K-12 school and on the campus of any public college or university.

GUN LAWSPharmacist halts armed robbery, WSAZ, Huntington, W.V. 02/18/15, MetroNews, West Virginia, 02/18/15
A masked man entered Good Family Pharmacy in Pinch, W.V. and drew a gun on a store employee. The pharmacist on duty responded by retrieving a .45-caliber handgun and shooting the criminal twice in the chest. After the thief collapsed, store staff attempted to help the wounded robber, however he died a short time later. Following the incident, the Kenawha County Sheriff’s Department made clear that the pharmacist will not face charges. Neighbors expressed their support for the pharmacist, with one stating, “More power to him. One less thief, in my opinion… If he came to my house I’d do the same thing.” Another man who owns a neighboring business remarked “Hopefully word gets around that this happened. Maybe there won’t be anybody else try the same thing.”

THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACYVolokh: Second Amendment protects people with old, nonviolent felony convictions
The question, then, is whether this “presumpti[on]” of validity can ever be rebutted — for instance, if a person’s felony conviction is many decades in the past, is for a not very serious felony, or both. Today’s Suarez v. Holder (M.D. Pa. Feb. 18, 2015) concludes that the presumption was indeed rebutted in this case, where the past felony conviction was in 1990, the claimant’s last misdemeanor conviction was in 1998, and the claimant has otherwise shown that he is now a law-abiding citizen (here by, among other things, having gotten a security clearance for his work with Department of Defense clients).

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWSTexas: Abbott reiterates support for campus carry
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday cleared up any lingering confusion that might remain over what gun legislation he supports.He backs open carry, which he mentioned this week in his “State of the State” speech. He also backs campus carry, which he didn’t mention. And it would appear that he supports any other pro-gun bill that might make its way through the House and Senate this session.

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